much. another person that's been a supporter with the mission and library, it's none other than our assembly person. tom arg no.. >> thanks for the proposals promotion. i can be my first lady. good tidings. i remember the library in 1988 people were worried that people in the neighborhood wouldn't be respectful of the library. we have proven that it takes a village and supported those bonds unanimously particularly building around the library. of course in san francisco it takes the village people. that's a little different. i

remember teaching at the bay view school and how challenged the parents were to provide an education for these kids and now neglected this area was and we have turned this around because of our spirituality and work ethics and pride. so god love us all. this is a beautiful beautiful building and anytime you want any help, anytime night or day, please feel free to call supervisor malia. no, you can call me. thanks. >> thank you, tom. >> so we are getting excited about coming inside, aren't we? we are almost there. once you are inside take a look at the beautiful art inside. the san francisco art commissions local artist and we are so proud that the local artist is from the bay view. his name is ron

sanders. his artwork is truly inspiring. they are what they call photo grams. there is two of them, one is spirit of nature dancing together and the other one is symbiotic relationship. one of them is inside the beautiful courtyard and the other one is inside the library. enjoy that. i do want to thank the executive director from the san francisco art commission, tom is here. judy is here also from the arts commission. let's give them a round of applause. they do great work out here. i have already told you about the wonderful beautiful admiration. mohammed. >> thank you. thank you louis. first of all i'm just proud of

the partnership that the department of public works has with the library, the entire staff, the commission. today we are breaking ground on library no. 23. a big hand for this program, please. [ applause ] >> i'm also very fortunate to have a very great staff, elena chen, our city architect, edgar lopez, all put hands together to make this happen. but most importantly former director who is now head of mta, who started this project. wave your hand? [ applause ] . when ed was director, certain goals were set to accomplish this project. local business, the goal was set at 30 percent. can anybody guess how many percent local businesses got

part of this library? 68 percent. [ applause ] >> subcontracting goals, more than 50 percent of the subcontractors came from this neighborhood. and most important, all the hours that were put to build this library, 25 percent of the work force from 94124. i would like to thank our contractors. freddie carter and mike. where is freddie? freddie, come up here. please, a big hand for freddie. [ applause ] >> every time i would stop by early in the morning, 6:30 sometimes in the evening, 8:00 freddie was in that office

making sure the work would get done. he held hands to many of the workers from our community and made this project possible. it is a very good example that people like freddie, when they go the extra mile teach our own residents and people who live here how to do things. we can do it. [ applause ] we can do it. and i hope this sets the pace for future projects in san francisco. all the neighborhoods from the various residents we can go and we can build more libraries, more stations, more fire houses, more community facilities. thank you very much. >> now we also wanted an energy efficient library. you have a green living roof and also have

solar panels and i think all due to the partnership we've had with the department environment of san francisco. this is actually going to be the highest rated lead which stands for leadership and energy environmental design. it's the lead goal at the top level. let's hear it for our friends from the department of environment. particularly mike palmer they are all here to be with us. another group that was dedicated to make sure the entire project was complete on time is the commission. they gave us time. lee is the commissioner. >> thank you, lee, i know there are several other commissioners in the audience, we have

theresa ono. let's give them a big round of [ applause applause. they deserve our acknowledgment. now we have people who have helped with the fund raising and the building capacity for the library. friends of the library, scott. >> thank you, louis. it's a great pleasure to be with friends. this was a community effort where we had donations from $3 to a $100,000. there is a whole bunch of you, c'mon up. because these were the folks raising the money here in your community for this beautiful

branch. [ applause ] also we have diane gray who is going to make a special presentation. >> hello, it is a glorious day and someone said the sun is shining on bay view. the sun always shines on bay view. my name is diane gray and i'm one of the newer board members of the san francisco friends of the public library. i'm wearing a hat today. that organization i'm here with two of our other members, lydia

vincent and ferjie newman. we get some funding through the san francisco foundation and we had commissioned actually a project that you will see in the library, in the courtyard of a tile project. it's a lovely project. we have some monies left over and we said we want that to be gifted further to the library moving forward for programs and anything else that the facility needs. so we decided as a group that $12,000 is going to be donated to the bay view library. [ applause ] >> thank you, diane. i also want to make a special thank

you for funding the opening today and for their support for today's opening. louis? >> you know, i know it's tight here, crowded. what does that say? it says there is true ownership in our neighborhood for this library. fantastic. i want to take a moment to acknowledge some other partners. we've already mentioned the fellows who were terrific in help with planning and design process but also the ymca and gino, the executive directors out there, they helped us keep the library services going throughout the construction project. gino, where are you? thank you so much for your help. we are almost done. i want to acknowledge two individuals

that have volunteered their time for over 20 years in the neighborhood. it's called the council of neighborhood libraries. your representative were there from the very beginning because they that had vision of having a new library. i want to particularly acknowledge miriam and larry is back here. thank you so much for your wonderful support. thank you miriam. let's give them a big round of applause, folks. here they are. terrific. also in the neighborhood we had some returnis, folks that were branch managers and librarians. fanny young, terrific. thank you for all of your work. we are ready just for our big

celebration. as with transaction we have a ribbon cutting and we have the lion dancer bless the building. we are going to have them bless the ceremony since it's the lunar new year. we are going to call the mayor to the front and malia. could i ask the mayor and malia to do the count down from 10 to 1 do a count down. >> the ribbon is coming. >> you are going to help us count from 10. we need help. >> all right, everybody. we are going to start at 10 and we are going down. ready? 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. all right.

>> all right. let's hear it for the line dancer from the community center.

>> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in the incredible golden gate park. >> this is just the best park to come to. it's safe. it's wonderful and such a fun time of the year. there is every kind of music you can imagine and can wander around and go from one stage to another and just have fun. >> 81 bands and six stages and no admission. this is hardly strictly bluegrass. >> i love music and peace. >> i think it represents what is great about the bay area. >> everyone is here for the music and the experience. this is why i live here. >> the culture out here is

amazing. it's san francisco. >> this is a legacy of the old warren hel ment and receive necessary funding for ten years after his death. >> there is a legacy that started and it's cool and he's done something wonderful for the city and we're all grateful. hopefully we will keep this thing going on for years and years to come.

>> good afternoon, welcome to the san franciscboard of supervisors meeting of tuesday, march the 19th, 2013. madam clerk, can you please call the roll? >> supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. supervisor chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell absent. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee absent. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. colleagues, we've been asked by our colleague if we can ask a motion to excuse them. motion by supervisor campos, second by supervisor wiener,

they are excused. ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. colleagues, we have our february 12, 2013 board meeting minutes. can he have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor cohen, seconded by supervisor mar. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> there are no communications, mr. president. >> and could you read our consent agenda? >> items 1 through 16, the consent calendar are considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items? roll call vote on items 1 through 16. >> supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener?

wiener aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor kim? aye. >> those are adopt and had approved. the regular agenda, madam clerk, can you call the items 17 through 20 western soma? >> they were recommended without recommendation. [speaker not understood] adding the western south of market plan making conforming amendments to the housing commerce and industry, recreation and open space elements, the land use index, and the soma, east soma mission showplace square potrero and central waterfront area plans and making the requisite findings. item 18 is an ordinance amending the planning code, by adding and amending various sections to implement the goals, objectives, and policies of the western south of market area plan, bounded generally by 7th street, mission street,

division street, and bryant street on the western portion of the plan area, and 7th street, harrison street, 4th street, and townsend street on the eastern portion of the plan area; and making findings, including environmental findings, and findings of consistency with the general plan and the priority policies of planning code, section 101.1. item 19, ordinance amending zoning map sheets zn01, zn07, zn08, ht01, ht07, and ht08 to revise use districts and height and bulk districtses within the western south of market plan area; and making environmental findings, planning code, section 302, findings, and findings of consistency with the general plan and planning code, section 101.1. and item 20 is an ordinance amending the administrative code, section 10e.2, to integrate the western south of market area plan into the eastern neighborhoods monitoring program for purposes of reviewing the effectiveness of the western soma area plan and inclusion of the western soma area plan into the eastern neighborhoods reporting requirement, eastern neighborhoods capital expenditures plan, and the eastern neighborhoods citizens have iery committee; and making environmental findings. ~ >> roll call vote. >> on items 17 through 20, supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener no. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. there are 8 ayes, one no. >> those ordinances are finally passed. item 21. >> item 21 is resolution concurring with the controller's establishment of the consumer price index for 2013, and adjusting the access line tax by the same rate.

>> roll call vote. >> on item 21, supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. there are nine ayes. >> that resolution is adopted. item 22. >> item 22 is a resolution authorizing the sheriff's department to retroactively accept and expend $599,894 in funds from the u.s. department of justice, office of justice programs, through the second chance act reentry program for adult offenders with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders, for the keys to freedom program to increase public safety, and reduce recidivism among incarcerated and recently released women and transgendered adults in the city and county of san francisco; and waiving any indirect costs for the period of october 1, 2012, through september 30, 2014. >> colleagues, same house same call? this resolution is adopted. next item.

>> item 23 is an resolution authorizing the recreation and park department to retroactively accept and expend a grant of up to $3,350,000 from the trust for public land for the design and construction of improvements to father alfred e. boeddeker park for the period of august 13, 2012, through march 3, 2014. >> colleagues, same house same call? this resolution is adopted. item 24. >> item 24 is an ordinance amending the planning and administrative codes to correct errors; make language revisions and updates; revise graphics to be consistent with text; amend fees to be charged for certain kinds of applications and appeals; clarify the meaning of certain planning code sections; amend the zoning map to remove the incorrect chinese hospital special use district designation from assessor's block no. 0192, lot no. 041; and adopt findings, including findings under the california environmental quality act, and planning code, section 302, and findings of consistency with the general plan and planning code, section 101.1. >> colleagues, same house same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on the first read. next item. >> item 25 is an ordinance approving exceptions to requirements of the seismic safety loan program under the administrative code and the sslp program regulations, regarding a $2,379,464 loan for an existing affordable housing project at the hotel isabel located at 1091 mission street. >> colleagues, same house same call? this ordinance is passed on the first read. next item. >> item 26 is a resolution

determining that the transfer of a type 57 special on-sale general license from 4461 mission street to 717 battery street (district 3), to mxb battery operations, l.p., for the battery, will serve the public convenience and necessity of the city and county of san francisco, in accordance with california business and professions code, section 23958.4, and recommending that the california department of alcoholic beverage control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. ~ next item. >> item 27 is a resolution determining that the issuance of a type 42 on-sale beer and wine license to andrew and jennifer hall for the beer hall, llc, located at 1 polk street (district 6), will serve the public convenience and necessity of the city and county of san francisco, in accordance with california business and professions code, section 23958.4, and recommending that the california department of alcoholic beverage control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. next item. >> item 28 is a resolution determining that the transfer of a type 20 off-sale beer and wine license from 1169 market street to 2001 market street will serve the public convenience. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. item 29. >> item 29 is an ordinance amending the municipal elections code making miscellaneous amendments to various sections. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. and i do want to thank the rules committee for their support. this is trailing legislation following our reform of the

public finance legislation that we passed at the board last year. we did have to make a couple of date changes. now with the election code, in order to conform with the new public finance structure and mechanism. ~ i do have to make one small amendment today, and that is on page 16 of the ordinance, we are just triking lines 12 and 13, saying that the operative date of this ordinance is january 1st, 2013. we are just triking that. the ordinance will become law 30 days after the mayor signs it since the legislation. so that was just a quick fix up. >> supervisor kim has made a motion to amend. is there a second to the motion? seconded by supervisor cohen. colleagues, without objection that passes. on the underlying ordinance can we take that same house same call? without objection, the ordinance is passed on the first read as amended. item 30.

>> item 30 is motion appointing robert bowden, term ending july 17, 2013, to the reentry council. >> roll call vote. >> on item 30, supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. there are nine ayes. >> motion is approved. item 31. >> item 31, motion confirming the mayor's appointment of mel murphy, term ending may 1, 2016, to the port commission. >> colleagues, we have two colleagues who are not with us today and we have been requested by them if we could entertain a motion to continue this item for one week. is there someone willing to make that motion? motion by supervisor wiener, seconded by supervisor breed. any discussion? without objection, this item will be continued for one week

to march the 26th. item 32. >> item 32 is motion amending board of supervisors motion no. m13-031 to appoint supervisor malia cohen to the association of bay area governments executive board, for a term ending june 30, 2013. >> colleagues, can we have a motion to excuse supervisor cohen? motion by supervisor mar, seconded by supervisor wiener, without objection, she shall be excused. roll call vote on the motion to approve. >> on item 32, supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos. campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. there are 8 ayes. >> motion is approved. colleagues, we do not have any 2:30 special orders otherwise i think everyone knows we have

3:30 commendations related to [speaker not understood]. women's history month. if we can go to roll call for introductions. >> supervisor mar, you are first on roll call for introductions. >> colleagues, thank you. i just have one item today. i like a number of you have been supportive of safe routes to school in our city. but i'm introducing a resolution today to urge the city ask county to support assembly bill 794 authorized by [speaker not understood] assemblyman tom ammiano. it's hard to -- i keep calling him our school board member or our supervisor as well, but he's our assembly person from san francisco. thousands of children and their parents and guardians walk and bike to school every day. some walk all the way from home while others walk before or after using muni to get to school. but with so many schools close to high-speed and high traffic areas, these families are at risk of injury as they make their trip. the safe routes to schools program funds pedestrian safety improvements around schools to make it easier. the richmond district, my district, has many projects

including the first 15 mile an hour zone around the school. peabody school on sixth and clement of which 100 have been approved, other schools throughout the city since then. also, other richmond district projects have included [speaker not understood] caracases and new peabody, and new traffic light near elementary school. assembly bill authored by assemblyman ammiano solidify safe routes to school program updating the administrative structure and guarantees the program has at least $46 million in funding. this will allow us to keep making schools safe not just in san francisco, but also throughout the state. the rest i'll submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor avalos. >> thank you, madam clerk. today i'm introducing a resolution for us to vote urging bart to allow bikes access to the bart trains, at

least the front three trains moving forward in the future. currently bart is actually conducting a pilot program. it started yet, allowing bikes on the first three trains during the morning commutes. right now heretofore, bikes have not been allowed on the morning commutes and we're really trying to make sure we are bringing up the bart system to meet the transit needs of people across the bay area. so, this will come before us. colleagues, i hope you can support it at the time. thanks. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. >> thank you so much. i just wanted to -- i'm actually requesting a hearing. so, the chairman of the san francisco pedestrian safety advisory committee can update the board on critical pedestrian safety issues in the city ~ and the recent efforts of the committee to address them. pedestrian safety is really important to me, and with the number of accidents that have

been listed throughout the city and also in district 5 in particular, it's important for us to have an update so that we can allocate the appropriate resource to addressing the issue. the rest i'll submit. >> thank you, supervisor breed. supervisor campos. >> thank you, madam clerk. and i have a number of items today, and i'd like to begin by just providing some information for the benefit of my colleagues or anyone else who hasn't heard about this. as you know, i introduced a few weeks ago a proposal to add harvey milk's name to the san francisco international airport. as part of that process and discussion, one of the issues that has come up is the issue of how much it will cost to actually add harvey milk's name to the airport. we had heard from the san francisco airport that their estimate of how much it